Music was playing as Thurl Bailey stepped up to the stage
for the common hour event on Wednesday. The retired seven-foot-tall Utah Jazz
player came to the stage with flair, clapping and singing with the music, before
getting serious.
“If I offered you 20 million dollars to leave school right
now, would you?” Bailey asked, before answering his question to the audience.
“Probably.” He followed up his question up by speaking about the high value of
an education.
Bailey talked about all of the opportunities he would have
missed had he not valued his education and gone to all four years of
college.
“Where are you coming from?” Bailey asked, “why are you here
and where are you headed? If you can answer these three questions, that is
everything.”
Bailey used the term “floating” to describe a person who
doesn’t know the answer to these questions, who is just doing whatever she
wants without any end goals.
“His advice to not ‘float’ resonated with me,” said Jordan
Fultz, a student who attended the lecture. “Guests like this help us to think
about the world but also to think about where we're going after we finish
school.”
Fultz said he was glad that the school hosts events like
this.
“I think education should be enriching, and inviting people
with experience to inspire us is important.” Fultz said.
The next common hour lecture is still to be determined.
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